Lost playlists when migrating?

I got some good help from Apple support, who told me how to get my music back, but I seem to have lost my playlists during the migration. I still have my older computer next to the newer one, and it would be no trouble to hook them up. Is there a way I can copy the playlists from one machine to the other? TIA!

maryj59 wrote:
Repairing permissions on the iMac G5 was interesting. It took a half hour just to read the - and then nothing. So I stopped the repair, got out my Leopard disc, booted from it, and tried again. LOTS of permissions problems, and many of them seem to have to do with iTunes or front row. And - I ran the repair twice, and the same long list of incorrect permissions came up both times. Also, I had a hard freeze on the G5 while watching a TV show in iTunes. I haven't used it much yet, but no other program has given me problems so far. So-
I wonder if something went wrong with iTunes itself when I migrated? Should I perhaps uninstall it and bring it over again?
don't bring it over. remove it and reinstall. click here and follow the instructions.
I don't want to do that if I don't have to, since I'm so close to having the G5 usable.
reinstalling iTunes is pretty safe. it will not affect your media files.
All my music, ringtones, etc, are actually there - just none of my playlists.
you could try to re-create your library and playlists. click here for information.
Anyway, thanks for your help so far. One other question - since I was moving from Tiger to Leopard, the migration assistant automatically brought over classic - which won't run in Leopard. Could that also be screwing things up on the iMac?
i doubt it. however, if the machine you migrated from was not trouble-free, you could have migrated those problems along with the rest.
if all else fails, i would consider performing an Archive and Install.
when that is done, you have these options to move content from the old to the new machine:
1) connect the Macs with a firewire cable and start your old Mac in Target Disk Mode. drag the entire iTunes folder (not just the iTunes music folder) to the music folder on the G5, overwriting the iTunes folder in place there.
2) transfer the iTunes library from the old Mac by using any of these tips/instructions.

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